CVE-2026-89871
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: video-i2c: fix kthread error pointer left in kthread_vid_cap on failure kthread_run() returns an ERR_PTR on failure, not NULL. When start_streaming() fails, data->kthread_vid_cap is left holding this error pointer instead of being cleared. This causes two subsequent bugs: 1. A future call to start_streaming() sees a non-NULL kthread_vid_cap and returns 0 (success) immediately, without actually starting the capture thread. 2. A call to stop_streaming() checks 'kthread_vid_cap == NULL' which is false for an error pointer, and proceeds to call kthread_stop() on the error pointer, leading to a kernel crash. Fix this by resetting kthread_vid_cap to NULL on failure before jumping to the error path.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-16 11:16:55.287000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:18:31.820000
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"published": "2026-09-16T11:16:55.287",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:31.820",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: video-i2c: fix kthread error pointer left in kthread_vid_cap on failure\n\nkthread_run() returns an ERR_PTR on failure, not NULL.\nWhen start_streaming() fails, data->kthread_vid_cap is left holding\nthis error pointer instead of being cleared.\n\nThis causes two subsequent bugs:\n1. A future call to start_streaming() sees a non-NULL kthread_vid_cap\n and returns 0 (success) immediately, without actually starting the\n capture thread.\n2. A call to stop_streaming() checks 'kthread_vid_cap == NULL' which\n is false for an error pointer, and proceeds to call kthread_stop()\n on the error pointer, leading to a kernel crash.\n\nFix this by resetting kthread_vid_cap to NULL on failure before\njumping to the error path."
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